Carrier lights in night landing

[JRM]

Hi..

 

 

I really enjoy landing with my f18 on the worst visual conditions ever (night and heavy fog with no more than 0.3 nm of visual contact at 180-200feets) just realized that when I hit the cable and taxi to parking spot the carrier turns on a heavy green lights increasing carrier visibility.

 

 

My question is...is there a way to make that the carrier turns on this lights when I contact carrier for final approach?

 

PD: I don't have supercarrier yet.. its only the standard cvn

[Bunny Clark]

You're talking about the deck flood lighting? That's generally off for recovery operations so the pilot isn't blinded by all the light on the deck. There should be lights outlining the landing area on the carrier that come on when you are cleared to land, there's some problems with the intensity of those lights right now, so that could be part of your problem.